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Bob Gaydos is a veteran of 40-plus years in daily newspapers. He began as police reporter with The (Binghamton, N.Y.) Sun-Bulletin, eventually covering government and politics as well as serving as city editor, features editor, sports editor and executive editor. He was also managing editor of the Evening Capital in Annapolis, Md. He retired from daily newspapering in 2007 after 29 years with the Times Herald-Record in Middletown, N.Y., where he was Sunday/features editor and, for 23 years, editorial page editor. He won numerous awards for his editorials from the New York Newspaper Publishers Association and The Associated Press and in 1992 was a finalist for The Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. Gaydos continues to write on a freelance basis, including a column on addiction. OpEdNews Member for 553 week(s) and 4 day(s) 239 Articles, 0 Quick Links, 74 Comments, 0 Diaries, 4 Series, 0 Polls
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Tuesday, May 10, 2022Making history, the painful way The Insurrection. Ukraine. Two men with ties to Orange County, N.Y., made historic headlines in the same week recently. Neither was something to celebrate. 
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Tuesday, April 26, 2022To Live and Die in America Firing squads in South Carolina, "mercy" deaths in Ohio, a movie set shooting in New Mexico and two brave politicians. Our world. 
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Sunday, April 17, 2022A Supreme victory, but baseball's less than perfect Despite a landmark moment, there was yet another sign that the people running the game have lost all sense of what once made baseball America's pastime. Kissing off a possible perfect game is... not baseball. 
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Thursday, April 7, 2022Ukraine offers a new kind of reality TV It's impossible not to admire and root for the TV president as he takes on Ukraine's entrenched corruption and cronyism everywhere he turns, including within his own family, just as much of the world has found it impossible not to root for and provide aid to the real-life President Zelensky as he stands up to the Russian invaders.
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Friday, April 1, 2022Jada, Clarence, Ukraine ... A look at the world in 500 words or less. An exercise in brevity in a news-saturated world. 
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Saturday, March 26, 2022In-person AA meetings may be lifesavers, literally Researchers cited the stress and restrictions imposed by Covid, along with the difficulty of accessing recovery programs and the absence of in-person support networks, as major contributors to a 25 percent increase in alcohol-related deaths in the U.S. in 2020. 
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Thursday, March 3, 2022When everyone speaks Ukrainian No matter the language, everyone seems to understand Ukrainian all of a sudden. And no one, except apparently Belarus and North Korea, is speaking the same language as the leaders of Russia. 
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Monday, February 21, 2022On being old vs. being 'elderly' 'Elderly" is a loaded word and none of the images it suggests, even when accurate, is especially flattering to the older person being described. Some can be hurtful. And that ought to matter. 
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Sunday, February 13, 2022By whatever name, it's still racism Racism is everywhere in America, to the point that even commenting negatively on its presence almost makes it seem acceptable because it seems to be inevitable. That's troubling, yet I persist. 
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Thursday, February 3, 2022Media letting GOP slide on Trump claims There are questions about Trump the media should be posing to every Republican senator, every congressman, every state legislator, every governor, every mayor, every county executive, every town supervisor, every county legislator, every town board member. What are you waiting for? 
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Wednesday, January 26, 2022Coin flips, meatless burgers and the Big Bang The NFL and McDonald's are on the wrong track. NASA is still on track with James Webb. 
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Sunday, January 16, 2022Betty, Elon, Tom, Sarah.. No, No, No. No! People, Time and Sports Illustrated all got their year-end covers wrong. Netflix was spot-on with its Palinesque President. 
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Sunday, January 9, 2022Biden wields a sharp verbal dagger The "dagger at the throat of democracy" phrase was the perfect partnership of a speech writer and a president delivering an unmistakable message to the world. No more Mr. Nice Guy. 
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Thursday, January 6, 2022A date that should live in infamy I am troubled that too many Americans, perhaps preoccupied by trying merely to survive and function in the middle of a pandemic, do not see the insurrection and its aftermath for what it was - an attempted coup to keep Donald Trump in the White House. . 
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Sunday, December 26, 2021Here's looking at you, world I am one of the 2 million or so Americans who had cataract surgery this year. Virtually all the procedures were successful, as usual. 20/20. Remarkable. Series: My Renovation (9 Articles, 23236 views) 
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Tuesday, December 21, 2021The very rich get very special 'justice' Billionaire Michael Steinhardt was ordered to return $70 million worth of stolen antiquities and never do again. That's it. The rich enjoy a different kind of justice in Cy Vance's bailiwick. 
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Saturday, December 18, 2021At parties, 'No thank you' is a complete sentence "One drink won't hurt you" is a dangerously ill-informed reply. The same goes for, "A few butter cookies won't hurt. C'mon, it's Christmas." Or, "Get the dress, Put it on your credit card. You'll feel better." Not really. . 
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Thursday, December 9, 2021Pizza, Sinatra, fairy tales and hope Warm memories and continuity are reassuring, especially in a society that appears to have lost its way. Remember, it wasn't always like this. It won't always be like this. Hang in. Enjoy the moment. And do what you can to make things better. 
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Sunday, November 28, 2021Shooting my way out of the GOP funk Four years ago, the funk settled in because there was really only one thing to write about every day: how Donald Trump had messed the world up in some unique way and how Republicans were just fine with it.... The constant lies, the hypocrisy, the unabashed arrogance and proud ignorance. It's infuriating and, honestly, writing about it constantly is as much a drag as reading about it. . 
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Friday, November 12, 2021States my sons should never live in, an addendum The primary criteria for making the original list were: Rampant racism, anti-intellectualism, bigotry, intolerance, religious fanaticism, and electing morons to office over and over again. The criteria still apply, but I would add to them fanatical Trumpism, anti-Vaccism, a refusal to wear masks to avoid spreading Covid, and the casual acceptance of violence as a solution to political grievances. Page 1 of 12 First Last Back Next 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 View All |
